Sentence examples for be rather resistant to from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, gallbladder cancer cells appear to be rather resistant to treatment with DOX and many other chemotherapeutic agents.

This seems important because BCP-ALL cell lines as well as primary B-lineage leukemic blasts were shown previously to be rather resistant to NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

After 24 h of treatment, 55.1c cells appeared to be rather resistant to atorvastatin treatment up to the maximum concentration of 20 μM, while cells from lines 70.4 and Hepa1c1c7 showed the greatest sensitivity.

After the immune system matures, children appear to be rather resistant to disease progression until puberty; only 1%to3%3% of infections progress to manifest disease, and pulmonary TB is rare.

The public health and economic concerns that result from M. tuberculosis circulating between livestock and humans at this interface should warrant more research in identifying the role played by M. tuberculosis in animals, its transmission to humans and why small ruminants seem to be rather resistant to M. bovis in Ethiopia.

The United States has been rather resistant to hosteling, though a number of hoteliers have started experimenting.

Plant lectins are potential candidates to block intestinal mucosal E. coli lectin receptors, because most plant lectins are rather resistant to proteolytic degradation in the stomach and small intestine, and, can bind to glycoconjugates present in the intestinal mucosa.

The difference between these two options is basically the letter 's.' It stands for 'social.' " The United States has been rather resistant to hosteling, though a number of hoteliers have started experimenting.

Molybdenum is rather resistant to attack by acids, except for mixtures of concentrated nitric and hydrofluoric acids, and it can be attacked rapidly by alkaline oxidizing melts, such as fused mixtures of potassium nitrate and sodium hydroxide or sodium peroxide; aqueous alkalies, however, are without effect.

Tungsten is rather resistant to attack by acids, except for mixtures of concentrated nitric and hydrofluoric acids, and it can be attacked rapidly by alkaline oxidizing melts, such as fused mixtures of potassium nitrate and sodium hydroxide or sodium peroxide; aqueous alkalies, however, are without effect.

Intriguingly, MDA-MB-231 cells expressed abundant EB1, yet they were rather resistant to paclitaxel (Fig. 2A C).